Perfect ripping=perfect sweater
Knitting projects of mine tend to follow a predictable path. There is a grand beginning,full of magnificent ideas of how the end pro...
26 Apr 2020
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31 Jan 2020
The Big Boisterous Bong Wedding
It's a quiet, quiet night…melting snow dripping outside my window, snoring dogs keeping me warm inside. I can hear some insect fidgeting, and my fingers tapping on the keyboard..That’s it. Last week,...
24 Aug 2019
Monsoon month
August is all about rain. Many a rain soaked hour is spent in counting the advantages of mountain monsoons....there is no water logg...
26 Jul 2019
July update about dogs
This year, July started in rain washed Kolkata. Inside a charming, spacious and cool penthouse on the 16th floor, while rain lashed the city and humid heat made pedestrians melt,...
22 Jul 2019
Vipassna days….Growth, gains and gratitude
After airily proclaiming to all and sundry about taking a break and going for another Vipassna course, after ignoring questions about my sanity ( "Why would you want to go a seco...
09 Jun 2019
Finding a name
Five years ago, when the knitters were learning lace knitting by reading charts, we test knitted, re knitted and finally, perfected this lace shawl. Christened “Lace Shadows”, we...
10 May 2019
Hand knits…why do we need them?
Picture the Delhi Metro...women's compartment...cold January evening...solitary knitter in one corner. After spending the entire day...
07 May 2019
Different craft..different feel.
Last month, we had a spell of hot, dry weather. No forest fires erupted, no fans whirred through the afternoons, no fainting spells happened, but it felt hot and horrible. A brown shower of pine need...
21 Apr 2019
Curtain call
Home...being on the edge of a forest…being on the 2nd floor of the building…being a corner apartment, manages to be functional without thick curtains. Sunlight, fresh air, traffi...
14 Apr 2019
April adventure…a TEDx talk
Saturday...13th April 2019...1700 hours Last week, at precisely this time, my daughter and me had arrived at a sprawling campu...